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Go nats. Were here today talking about good things, reclation. And im going to keep my comments bereave because i know colleagues have been very engaged in this and a couple of you want to make some opening comments as well. But we have three pieces this morning that were kring, s 1665 which is sim pli fooigs access act. Senator hien lak calls it the sore act. I like the acronym. S1723, the ski area fee retention. We all love skiing. Already. Extraordinary. Cant wait. S1967, the reclation not red tape act from senator widen. This hearing is building off one that we held in march where we focused on improsk access ichb structure and permitting to meet the demand on our federal lands. The proposals that were looking at today i think are a good start in addressing those issues. Senator hien wick and widen have put forward legislation to streamline the systems in place to process permits for our outfitters, guides and nonprofits. Senator gardners bill would help facilitate the private inve
And those are the applications . Implications . We can posit any time because we are doing things and phases and this is something we do not have the luxury of not doing. We are, you know, working in increments to figure out how we can reduce each one of the component costs and working with the contractor and bidding it out. We are pretty much, you know, going through the path of bidding out each package and we can let you know what the trends are what we are doing and mitigate it. I mean, at a certain point you have to decide if you want to continue building this or not . Im just speaking for myself. On the commission we are going to likely commit to continue to build it. I want an understanding of what that actually means wheres the money, did it come from some other important project or is that coming from reserves. How does that really look. We are planning to present to you, as soon as the new director comes on board to look at rhe baselining everything based on what we are experi
The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The prayer this morning will be offered by the guest chaplain, Bishop Robert barron, archdiocese of los angeles, santa barbara, california. The chaplain let us pray. O god, source of all justice, youve sum oned everyone who works in this chamber to walk the path of righteousness, to foster life and liberty, to care especially for the poorest and most vulnerable in our society. Free these servants of yours, o lord, of all those attachments to wealth or power or privilege or fame, that would prevent them from following the course you have set out for them. Make them mindful of the time when they first heard your voice and followed it with idealism and enthusiasm. Illuminate their minds, direct their wills, stirrup in them a holy passion for doing what is right, despite the cost. Give them the knowledge that whenever they strive for justice , they are pleasing to you. And shower, o lord, your choicest blessings upon our country. Amen. Th
Every year. The speaking portion is almost always free and open to the public and we are able to do that because you come here and you buy your books and you buy your stocks and your greeting cards and we really appreciate it. Our guests will be speaking tonight. The event will be recorded by cspan. Extra special reminder to silence your cell phones. After our guest is done speaking about the book there will be an opportunity to ask questions and we will have mikes available so that your questions can be picked up as well. If you would like to stick around afterwords and get a book signed we can accommodate that. We just ask you first purchased the book downstairs. They are available when you walk into the store at the information desk so tonight we are excited to welcome back to the store h. W. Brands. He is a professor, who holds the senior chair in history. He is New York Times bestselling author of 30 books on us history. If you can keep history that interesting that you can write